i. was. not. in a tit for tat response russia says it suspended participation in a key nuclear treaty after the us made the same announcement on friday. the us protesters clashed with police in paris as demonstrators gather for a twelfth weekend in a row. and activists in britain a raising the alarm over

a form of child abuse designed to stop breast developing in young girls we speak to victims of the brutal practice. pool table may was trying to do is. look neat. giving thanks for joining us this is r.t. international. let me put in as announced that moscow is suspending its participation in a key nuclear treaty the president called it a mere response after the same move from washington on friday america also pledged to quit the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty altogether in six months time unless moscow changes its behavior wanting on the prospect of dialogue with the u.s. putin added that washington is showing little enthusiasm. for many years we have proposed disarmament talks but our initiatives have not found the support of our

partners in fact they always find a pretext for dismantling the global security system that's why i've asked our foreign and defense ministries to keep their doors open for dialogue but also not to initiate any talks on the issue. well today washington officially suspends its participation in the i.n.f. treaty and it's just one episode throughout many years of dead end talks with the united states about disarm russian president vladimir putin has said that the u.s. is refusal to heed previous russian calls for disarmament is leading to an in danger moment of international security and so a mere response would mean not just the holding off of participation on russia's and in the i.n.f. treaty but also a kicking up of research with regard to staying on par with the united states however he also said that this does not mean russia's going to embroil itself in a costly and drawn out arms race with the west now russian foreign minister sergei

lavrov also said that the us has been violating this treaty since one thousand nine hundred ninety nine specifically with its use of unmanned military drones and he also took a couple jabs at the united states m.k. forty one vertical missile launch system used by the u.s. navy now this is been in service since one thousand nine hundred eighty six and it has a ninety nine percent success rate since twenty four team the u.s. is deployed in europe is a full two one missile launches which is suitable for american tomahawk missiles which is a direct violation of the treaty these missile launches are beast. and already to be constructed in poland now russia's defense ministry released a statement talking about washington's long time violations of the treaty two years ago before the public unsubstantiated accusations against russia and suppose that

violation of the on the treaty washington has already not only made the decision but to do then started preparing to manufacture medium and shorter range missiles banned by the treaty and the statement read specifically about a u.s. military industrial corporation called raytheon. hated in tucson arizona it says programs were launched back in june twenty seventh teen for the expansion and production of missiles banned by the i.n.f. treaty and that's led a lot of people in the russian government to suggest more than just political mirror reactions to what the united states is doing russia's defense minister said that some changes need to be made to the russian three m. fifty four caliber cruise missiles right now they can only be launched from the sea but some plans are in the works to change that. with the justin work on the dup and russia's caliber missile launch systems from maritime to land based ones we also suggest beginning to work on

a new land base high privilege stability to commit sile of short to medium range now of course these are only suspensions of participation in the i.n.f. treaty but with diplomatic solutions looking less and less likely it's very likely that we'll be seeing serious developments in this story in the coming days. as the first on the russia spoken of the need to boost its military capabilities in the difficult relations with the united states unless ships in a number of key improvements to its arsenal. when you thought you fulfill. tricky situation russia says it was forced to come up with a weapon capable of bypassing missile defenses in order to restore nuclear parity can joe make thirty one can launch hypersonic missiles that can travel at more than ten times the speed of sound thanks to that and that unpredictable trajectory they are unstoppable the oven god hypersonic vehicle can fly it up to twenty times the speed of sound an i.c.b.m. will take it to an altitude of several dozen kilometers from where it can dive head

first back to earth at top speed with aircraft like maneuverability dodging any missile defenses. in contrast when other existing ballistic missiles reenter the atmosphere they fly at a preset trajectory making the midi targets for a.b.m. systems some that might seem like an ordinary i.c.b.m. but its range is much longer the legendary topple and missiles can only take the shortest route from the a.b.m. systems some and can travel via the north or the south pole where there's no missile shield and it will still hit its target but most importantly summit is a heavy missile capable of carrying more than twenty warheads that's five times more than the previous generation missiles a bit of a sneak nuclear powered cruise missile is a unique weapon it's basically the same as an american tomahawk whereas the tomahawks range is limited to two and a half thousand kilometers because of fuel constraints russia's new missile can fly indefinitely it can take any power to avoid missile defenses.

just like poseidon underwater drones similar to the regular drones are used to except these a submarine launched and travel at incredible speed towards their targets under the sea they run so deep that no equipment can track them even if detected they're high speed prevents them from being intercepted the new weapons commune with together to neutralize any existing drones take care of those at sea then the sam adam guard and cruise missiles can be launched towards that. bypassing any remaining barriers on top of that there's also a combat laser complex pettus of it which is unique because it almost instantly delivers an energy to a target and has an unlimited data reserve of developing new weapons is not a belligerent move rather a move to restore parity perhaps it's time to call for a balance of force treatment all round will be good when you mean should we complain much. but of the. thing in nashik maybe she just came over to me here she

wouldn't still look when you're but. once again there is a political scientist at the university of vienna and joins me on the line now very good evening what do you make of russia's decision to copy mira the u.s. suspension of this treaty this. treaty so stand by but we could expect this from both sides because. nuclear powers limited it because they couldn't deploy it medium range missiles. and that's mainly because of china hanging in asia so it's not so much of violations of it which i think is my hope and so it. means mainly. china but secondly of course the u.s. is. very advanced and very constrained. if you read the nuclear posture review of the u.s.

from last year it says. the u.s. has to develop new smaller nuclear warheads that means. they say. on the other hand across that it was always that it was fighting capability so the danger of course is that eve there is. missiles again. in europe. could be this year and nuclear exchange that's why we have to be in eighty seven because the europeans it's a console simply because of the pose asides was there so big union and united states would deploy. medium range missiles in europe so the. superpowers to coat. the. guy thought this himself would be accepted so we have traditionally would be pleasured situation that time had we had

to use movement i don't know whether between the mainland right now the. situation is very unfortunate but it's not only euro but it's always with asia because of course russia can deploy their missiles. or so the united states might be. allies to deploy missiles on at least launches and. lies like japan and south korea and you can feel worse or maybe against north korea because that's an i.c.b.m. restriction and each united states fuel it could be. long be limited to a patient a victorious when we drop in on the. united states. subsequent to this announcement from moscow state department officials told the russian media that washington might

change its mind about quitting this treaty in six months time what would it take for that to happen do you think. i don't think it will happen so i there are reasons out there by that was somebody that is trying to have that so integral logically i managed so there is no will. the united states would say we go back to the really and then president announced to the. you have a bigger boogie boards all other countries especially china it's not possible because eighty percent of china's nuclear arsenal on medium range missiles so not so much on the i.c.b.m.'s and so on china can not give up nuclear awesome ever. be restrained by a new new treaty so let's be sure it's thinking so i don't i think that's the end

of the panel which is theme that. we know that. it's appreciate your time thanks for coming on my guests this hour hein skadden a political scientist at the university of vienna. and america's been threatening for some time to withdraw from the i.n.f. treaty alleging as we've just heard that russia is in violation of its moscow denies this and invited the u.s. to come and see for itself i think a standoff looks at how the u.s. has been ramping up the pressure. the trumpet ministration is said to go down in history as the deal killer its approaches as time tested as it is straightforward you start with the big and blunt accuse ation for years russia has violated the terms of the intermediate range nuclear forces really without remorse any intelligence clear and coherent facts of the presumed violation no need to bother with those for all you know they can be totally utterly nonexistent because if you

repeat an allegation enough times there's a good chance it will become a given russia has violated russia's violation russia shamelessly violates it the russians are a violation of the agreement the russians have been violated they have documented is being violated by the russians let the charge sink in for a while and it's time to switch to threats here comes the pinnacle of the scheme and ultimatum if russia does not return to fall in verifiable compliance with the treaty within the six month period by verifiably destroying its violating missiles there launchers associated equipment the treaty will terminate other side of the story easy just stay deaf to any counter-argument and build on the empty accusations white house officials have named to the weapon they believe violates the treaty russia in turn invited to the u.s. to come and examine it personally but since the u.s.

ignores russia's attempts at coole and the response russia has long violated the treaty of trudy and no longer contributes to global and regional security totally agree with the u.s. decision u.k. and allies are clear that russia alone is responsible for the demise of the i.n.f. treaty yeah apparently more schools eagerness to provide open access to something as sensitive as a key new one. russian made cruise missile is not very fire ball enough for nato we have to be. an alarming development and we see that we are stepping back. behind. the cold war era at the end of europe on the other hand to seize the iron of deal as one of the few documents preventing it from being blinded to right into the middle of a new arms race between the us and russia yet while the e.u.

has been very consistent pleading for the treaty to stay now it is torn between obligations to its transatlantic big brother and well instinct of self-preservation so we must prepare for a world without the un if. i want to we definitely don't want to see our continent million back to being a battlefield or a place where. other superpowers confront themselves there is a need for dialogue with russia for our part the german foreign minister and i will do everything to pave the way for talks within the six month period apart from that made to will ferrell is sas what the u.s. withdrawal would mean it is important to keep the window for dialogue open and in fact washington doesn't mind admitting whose interests it's putting first make no mistake about president transmissions at present transmissions that is to make sure that any agreement that we entered into has america's best interest we will move

forward with developing our own military response options and will work with nato and other allies and partners to deny russia any military advantage from its unlawful conduct but trump doesn't want to see the concept of the end of the deal destroyed completely he says he wants a better one i hope that we're able to get everybody at a very big and beautiful rob had to do a new treaty that would be much better. yet he's maimed to so many deals the u.s. has warned to stay committed to one might wonder why anyone would be unaware enough to trust the states again all we know is six months time to step up international pressure on the trump regime to change course because what we have seen not only with the i.m.f. treaty but also with other treaty obligations is that this u.s. government is unwilling to fulfill its obligations and the international community

can no longer just stand by and watch. venezuela is also currently being pressured by washington the white house warns that president nicolas maduro shouldn't test its patience and should make way for u.s. backed opposition leader want to go i don't. know time for dialogue this is time for all options are on the table. and nicolas maduro three would do well not to test the resolve of the united states . in this crisis in which. any other officials of the child would ministration are seen in anything that penicillin in its defense will mean people aggression from the u.s. all options on the table this is blackmail and the government has the people to represent and defend mother really didn't just become president for his own sake he

became president because he was elected this is an unprecedented move by the united states to have an open call an admittance that the u.s. is playing the principal role in trying to overthrow the model government and the goal of airing revolution. the threats from foreign countries may choose quote the right side of history mass anti-government protests are currently taking place in caracas material in turn accuses quite dove of attempting to stage a coup in washington selp a madeira supporters are also out on the streets. the riff and practice of breast ironing is reported to be on the rise in the u.k. we will discuss this after the break.

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welcome back police fired tear gas and water cannon a protest is in paris this is during clashes on the twelfth weekend of yellow vests protests. what. was. the end. there. was. more than twenty demonstrators have reportedly been detained and two police officers have been injured this time around participants are just calling for social reform rally said dedicated to those injured by police in previous marches authorities say more than two thousand people have been injured since november seventeenth our sister channel

r.t. france spoke to protest would you like to do a document at the during act two on november twenty fourth i came with friends to paris to peacefully participate in a demonstration express my concern with the usual slogans michael resign at sixty two thirty one of the riot police squadrons attack the moving crowd and the g a lie f. or type grenade hit my legs and exploded whitehaven sank the injured twenty five to thirty people injured and maimed and mostly yellow vests there are those who were wounded before the suffered from the se weapons are suffering so united arts for us it was obvious no difference. this is important because they became part of a new family the family of the wounded and i'm not the only one wounded like this i became part of a larger group who were injured there are many seventeen hundred people i am the twenty if i a person whose i was injured so it was important to come today in order to at least

support the speakers. in our press the marker and surprise to many with his claim that he is also a yellow vest under certain conditions if a yellow vest means being for higher paid work and a more efficient parliament than i am a yellow vest. publisher and writer and a moron bill told us that macro appears to be out of touch with the french people. he thinks he's likely yellow there says living like you're yellow vests maybe with a little a little bigger and you will see all the broken traces of these people who cannot through their children and we are not afraid risking losing an eye and during a demonstration during this demonstration straps because that there are some traps speaking about working for a better salary mr mccraw or another financial recent batch wants to increase. the salary everyone understands entranced entranced that it's big news more for him and

less for the french and because think it's just so on li a bad joke and that mr mccloy is just underlining the yawning gap between him and the french. a form of child abuse known as breast ironing is said to be on the rise in the united kingdom reports suggest dozens if not hundreds of british girls are being subjected to it most of the victims are of african descent with the practice common place in parts of the continent the right to set izing skin with wooden sticks and stones until the issue is the idea behind the procedure is to discourage male attention and prevent rape the u.n. warns that it is one of the most underreported gender based crimes in the world we spoke to two women who were victims in their childhood they say typically it's the parents who commit the abuse. where i was you as well as the younger beak say you know she is too big again she need mean a breast ione she take the rude put in a fair it's

a pretty day i was crying she slapped me maybe all's well maybe i was trying to do it so there i should. mention look at me just saw you have your future are you know you just. spoke to the co-founder of a children's rights group she believes that the problem is bigger than is being reported it thousands of girls have been victims all they've been affected by breast i and me and this is because most of them migrated to the u.k. . with breast feeding later in life the procedure can also cause infections and result in physical and psychological damage. the u.k. government has vowed to criminalize the practice there activists accuse it of being too slow to respond geraldine young again told us about the appalling consequences

of breast danny most of them have got sacking press because you know the scheme has been strange because first of all they use those stones and youth and fals and the pieces to suppress the group of the breast and this is nature and where once oppressed tries to foster self out what happens and this affects the whole they even fly any typical to even open up to people or even on press in front of the afraid even all norms in front of the hospital. and i think about it today do you miss the latest headlines that hoffman. country has gone into a nihilistic fever just want to thank. them and get out the traveling across america to find what makes america the showed the genius of the special american

hero this is it we've come a point from which ultimate is done so we always are on the margins simply going to headed east into the swamp we're going into the belly of the beach and i think i want to leave now doesn't get any more ground zero of them it may be completely different and a mystery. but rather the stand. alone one has. put out before for america that. i'm going to let him but i'm going to cut him then you cut him until. i don't lose each other for the profile that it is living. below the men on the show with a lot of. them are the. members of the hate from the innocent.

because it's whole food place choice where you go on the i knew where you're from and pay off the time in syria has said. pretty she ought to give a. model for that in africa will fuck around with mr if that for jim and then boil for hope that our freddie macor. the money. a. half. crown country redacted tonight this is a comedy show where americans in america covering american news are called foreign agents. let's take a second to go over the big three the big three things that seem to really

cause the united states to want to overthrow or bring down a foreign government if you have one of these three things the u.s. might screw with you if you have two of these things the u.s. will definitely screw with you if you have three of these things then look behind you right now because the u.s. is currently growing. number one the being a socialist country that's right if you don't have the same economic system as us home and we will cut your mother. number to dropping the u.s. dollar or iraq drop the dollar a run drop the dollar libya drop the dollar pakistan drop the dollar in trade with china and the following day we added them to the list of countries violating religious freedom. not kidding we do not take kindly to dropping the dollar but that doesn't apply to men as well as and as well has never done.

when it's well it has two out of the big three but the number three reason we try to bring down other countries is because they have oil or other resources in venezuela does it and. the world's a leader in oil reserves. it's only the world of. jupiter's moon europa has more. and.